Tosefta for Yoma 3:11

וְאֵלּוּ לִגְנַאי, שֶׁל בֵּית גַּרְמוּ לֹא רָצוּ לְלַמֵּד עַל מַעֲשֵׂה לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים. שֶׁל בֵּית אַבְטִינָס לֹא רָצוּ לְלַמֵּד עַל מַעֲשֵׂה הַקְּטֹרֶת. הֻגְרַס בֶּן לֵוִי הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ פֶּרֶק בַּשִּׁיר וְלֹא רָצָה לְלַמֵּד. בֶּן קַמְצָר לֹא רָצָה לְלַמֵּד עַל מַעֲשֵׂה הַכְּתָב. עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנִים נֶאֱמַר (משלי י), זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה. וְעַל אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמַר (שם) וְשֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב:

And these are mentioned to their dishonor: Beth Garmo refused to teach (others) the preparation of the show-bread. [The other artisans did not know how to remove it from the oven without breaking it, it being in the form of an open chest.] Beth Avtinas refused to teach the preparation of the incense. [They knew of a certain herb called "ma'aleh ashan" ("the smoke raiser") which, when added to the spices of the incense, would cause the smoke of the incense to rise as a column and not to sway in different directions.] Hugras b. Levi was expert in cantillation, but refused to teach it. Ben Kamtzar refused to teach his writing skills. [He would tie four pens to his four fingers and write the tetragrammaton at one time.] Of the first ones [Ben Gamla, Ben Katin, Monbaz, his mother, Hilni, and Nikanor] it is written (Proverbs 10:7): "The remembrance of the righteous one for a blessing."]; and, of the last ones [Beth Garmo, Beth Avtinas, Hugras b. Levi, and Ben Kamzar] it is written (Ibid.): "And may the name of the wicked rot!" [And even though Beth Garmo and Beth Avtinas gave a reason for not teaching others, viz., perhaps the skill would be learned by an unworthy person, who might use it in the service of idolatry, their defense was not accepted by the sages.]

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